This tabulation represents a continuous record since June 1, 1858 of Flood Crests or highest annual and lowest annual stages of the Ohio River at Cincinnati. These readings are based on observations taken at the following locations.

Note: For the period November 1, 1874 to December 31, 1889 the records were under the Army Signal Corps

The following crest-stage information has not been documented nor tied in with any specific gage. It is only given to offer some idea of floods prior to 1858. This crest-stage information was taken from old records on file in the Ohio River Forecast Center of the Weather Bureau in Cincinnati.

DATE

CREST-STAGE

1773

76.0 feet

1774

65.0 feet

1815 MAR - APR

62.0 feet

1828

58.0 feet

1786

59.0 feet

1789

62.0 feet

1792

63.0 feet

1793

57.0 feet

1832 FEB 18

64.2 feet

1847 DEC 17

63.6 feet

1852 APR 02

54.0 feet

Annual Ohio River Stage Extremes at Cincinnati

1858

JUN

16

43.7

18581

SEP

28

2.4

1859

FEB

22

55.4

1859

SEP

12

4.0

1860

APR

17

49.1

1860

SEP

29

5.7

1861

APR

20

49.4

18611

JUL

03

5.2

1862

JAN

24

57.3

18621

OCT

08

2.3

1862

APR

26

52.2

1863

MAR

12

42.8

18631

OCT

06

2.5

1864

DEC

23

45.1

1864

AUG

06

3.1

1865

MAR

07

56.2

1865

OCT

19

5.7

1866

SEP

26

41.2

18661

AUG

17

4.8

1867

MAR

15

55.7

18671

OCT

19

3.0

1868

MAR

30

48.2

1868

JUL

28

5.1

1869

APR

02

48.8

18691

AUG

27

5.3

1870

JAN

19

55.2

1870

OCT

05

3.0

1871

MAY

13

40.5

18711

OCT

11

2.7

1872

APR

13

41.8

1872

OCT

14

3.0

1873

DEC

18

44.4

1873

OCT

12

3.7

1874

JAN

11

47.9

1874

SEP

22

2.3

1875

AUG

06

55.4

1875

SEP

18

4.1

1876

JAN

29

51.8

1876

SEP

04

6.2

1877

JAN

20

53.0

18771

Oct

07

3.4

1878

DEC

15

41.2

1878

OCT

22

4.3

1879

DEC

27

42.3

1878

OCT

23

2.4

1880

FEB

17

53.2

18801

OCT

28

3.8

1881

FEB

16

50.8

18811

SEP

17

1.9

1882

FEB

21

58.6

1882

NOV

01

6.0

1883

FEB

15

66.3

18831

SEP

20

3.6

1884

FEB

14

71.1

1884

SEP

26

2.5

1885

JAN

20

46.0

18851

OCT

11

3.9

1886

APR

09

55.8

1886

NOV

02

3.0

1887

FEB

06

56.3

18871

SEP

17

2.8

1887

FEB

28

54.3

1888

APR

01

39.9

1888

AUG

07

5.5

1889

FEB

22

38.3

1889

SEP

13

5.3

1890

MAR

01

56.9

18901

AUG

04

5.8

1890

MAR

25

59.2

1891

FEB

25

57.4

18911

OCT

10

4.5

1892

APR

25

43.8

18921

NOV

05

3.5

1893

FEB

20

54.9

18931

AUG

29

32.6

1894

FEB

15

35.6

18941

SEP

14

3.1

1895

JAN

14

48.4

18951

OCT

27

2.3

1896

APR

04

47.7

1896

SEP

25

5.5

1897

FEB

26

61.2

1897

OCT

26

3.0

1898

JAN

26

52.2

1898

OCT

06

4.5

1898

MAR

29

61.4

1899

MAR

08

57.4

1899

NOV

02

3.4

1900

DEC

01

40.0

1900

OCT

21

3.1

1901

APR

27

59.7

19011

NOV

11

4.2

1902

MAR

05

50.9

19021

SEP

24

3.9

1903

MAR

05

53.2

19031

OCT

07

4.5

1904

MAR

09

45.9

19041

OCT

06

3.3

1905

MAR

13

48.3

1905

OCT

11

6.5

1906

APR

02

50.4

1906

SEP

22

7.1

1907

JAN

21

65.2

1907

OCT

31

7.0

1907

MAR

19

62.1

1908

MAR

11

53.4

19081

OCT

06

2.8

1908

APR

04

55.9

1909

FEB

28

54.6

1909

OCT

15

3.6

1910

MAR

07

51.8

19101

AUG

28

4.0

1911

FEB

03

49.1

1911

JUL

25

4.6

1912

MAR

27

53.4

1912

JUL

18

6.7

1913

JAN

14

62.2

19132

JUN

27

7.5

1913

APR

01

69.9

1914

APR

04

47.2

19141

JUN

04

8.2

1915

FEB

07

55.9

1915

DEC

12

9.0

1916

JAN

14

53.2

19162

OCT

31

7.8

1916

APR

01

53.5

1917

MAR

17

56.1

19172

JUN

25

9.3

1918

FEB

01-02

61.2

1918

JUN

19

6.6

1918

FEB

12

61.8

1919

JAN

06

52.0

19192

JUN

11

9.6

1920

MAR

22

54.6

19202

OCT

25

8.0

1920

APR

23

52.6

1921

DEC

27

56.1

1921

JUN

11

6.1

1922

MAR

18

52.2

1922

AUG

31

6.5

1923

FEB

05

47.6

19232

OCT

22

6.8

1924

JAN

06

55.8

1924

JUL

22

6.0

1925

FEB

18

42.3

1925

DEC

25

8.2

1926

JAN

25

46.3

1926

MAY

28

6.4

1927

JAN

27

59.1

1927

OCT

30

5.3

1928

JUL

02

43.8

1928

MAR

09

11.0

1929

MAR

04

52.7

1929

OCT

12

10.0

1930

JAN

15

41.0

1930

MAY

09

9.5

1931

APR

08

44.1

19312

FEB

27

9.7

1932

FEB

07

50.4

19322

SEP

19

11.4

1933

MAR

21

63.6

193312

JUL

15

11.5

1933

MAY

15

54.1

1934

MAR

09

46.6

1934

FEB

16

7.8

1935

MAR

16

52.4

19352

OCT

21

8.4

1936

MAR

28

60.6

19362

JUN

20

12.0

1936

APR

10

54.0

1937

JAN

26

80.0

19372

JUL

24

12.1

1938

APR

13

44.2

19382

NOV

09

12.2

1939

FEB

07

58.3

1939

DEC

26

12.1

1939

APR

19

58.1

1940

APR

25

60.0

1940

FEB

01

10.6

1941

JUN

09

35.5

19412

OCT

07

12.3

1942

DEC

31

50.4

19422

APR

27

11.0

1943

JAN

04

60.8

19432

JUN

22

11.6

1943

MAR

23

59.9

1944

APR

16

48.6

19442

JAN

11

12.1

1945

MAR

07

69.2

19452

SEP

03

12.2

1946

JAN

12

47.3

19462

OCT

02

11.8

1947

JAN

24

41.0

19472

SEP

22

10.0

1948

FEB

18

54.0

194812

JAN

21

11.3

1948

APR

18

64.8

1949

JAN

30

52.6

19492

OCT

28

11.1

1950

JAN

11

52.9

1950

AUG

25

11.8

1950

FEB

05

59.0

1950

DEC

10

56.04

1951

JAN

19

49.0

19512

AUG

28

11.2

1952

FEB

02

56.9

19522

DEC

19

10.3

1952

MAR

26

52.0

1953

MAR

07

36.3

19532

SEP

03

11.4

1954

OCT

21

38.5

19542

FEB

04

10.0

1955

MAR

10

61.0

195512

AUG

06

11.5

1956

MAR

18

53.2

195612

JAN

28

11.8

1957

APR

11

52.3

195712

AUG

13

11.3

1958

MAY

10

58.0

19582

OCT

30

11.8

1959

JAN

26

55.5

19592

SEP

11

11.2

1960

APR

08

45.8

196012

SEP

03

11.3

1961

MAR

07

53.2

1961

FEB

09

10.2

1961

MAR

09

55.35

1962

MAR

03

61.27

1962

SEP

30

11.0

1963

MAR

10

59.4

1963

JAN

31

24.25

1963

MAR

18

59.3

(minor crest, same flood)

1964

MAR

11

66.2

1964

AUG

17

25.3

1965

MAR

29

47.2

1965

JUL

30

24.9

1966

FEB

18

53.0

1966

JAN

28

25.7

1967

MAR

11

59.8

1967

MAY

27-31

14.78

1967

MAR

18

55.1

1967

AUG

18,24

25.7

1968

MAY

30

56.86

1968

JUL

13

25.6

1969

FEB

04

40.7

1969

AUG

14

25.4

1970

APR

05

50.3

1970

JUL

29

25.7

1971

FEB

23

47.68

1971

JUL

09-10

25.5

1972

DEC

13

53.81

1972

SEP

25

25.4

1973

MAY

01

49.25

1973

AUG

29

25.43

1974

JAN

14

53.49

1974

AUG

22

25.76

1975

MAR

24

50.04

1975

AUG

30

25.14

1976

FEB

21

48.86

1976

AUG

21

25.55

1977

APR

08

50.9

1977

JUN

02

25.4

1978

JAN

29

54.0

1978

NOV

06

25.6

1978

DEC

12

58.4

1979

MAR

01

58.6

1979

AUG

10

26.15

1980

MAR

22

43.88

1980

SEP

19

25.71

1981

JUN

10

47.33

1981

OCT

16

25.56

1982

MAR

20

48.15

1982

OCT

09

25.80

1983

MAY

06

51.8

1983

JUL

28

25.8

1984

APR

25

47.4

1984

SEP

04

25.7

1985

DEC

02

52.53

1985

OCT

31

25.6

1986

FEB

02

49.7

1986

SEP

13

25.9

1987

APR

11

49.3

1987

JUL

20

25.4

1988

FEB

06

44.8

1988

JUL

03

25.9

1989

FEB

19

52.2

1989

SEP

11

25.9

1990

DEC

22

52.9

1990

SEP

04

26.0

1991

JAN

03

56.9

1991

AUG

08

26.1

1992

MAR

22

42.8

1992

JUL

13

26.0

1993

MAR

08

51.6

1993

JUN

20

25.9

1994

JAN

31

54.6

1994

OCT

22

26.1

1994

MAR

13

52.3

1994

AUG

09

26.3

1995

MAY

23

50.6

1995

AUG

27

25.9

1996

JAN

24

57.3

1996

JUL

09

25.9

1996

MAY

17

53.7

1996

JUL

14

26.1

1997

MAR

05

64.7

1997

JUL

20

25.9

1998

JAN

12

49.3

1998

SEP

01

25.9

1999

MAR

09

41.5

1999

JUL

04

25.9

2000

FEB

22

54.5

2000

SEP

02

26.0

2001

MAY

25

44.3

2001

SEP

24

26.1

2002

MAR

23

50.4

2002

FEB

19

26.1

2003

FEB

26

50.8

2003

AUG

28

26.1

2004

JAN

9

53.4

2004

AUG

24

26.2

2005

JAN

10

56.7

2005

JUL

12

25.8

2006

OCT

22

41.77

2006

AUG

12

25.2

2007

MAR

20

48.1

2007

SEP

9

25.9

2008

MAR

20

52.0

2008

SEP

16

26.2

2009

FEB

14

41.8

2009

JUL

16

26.2

2010

MAR

16

50.96

2010

AUG

6

26.0

2011

MAR

13

55.90

2011

JUL

11

26.2

2011

APR

26

55.33

2011

JUL

17

26.16

2012

MAR

05

46.7

2012

OCT

30

26.0

2013

FEB

03

48.4

2013

OCT

17

26.1

2014

MAR

08

53.0

2014

OCT

09

26.18

2015

MAR

15

57.7

2015

xxx

xx

xxxx

2015

MAR

08

53.0

2015

SEP

02

26.1

2016

JAN

01

44.4

2016

AUG

14

25.8

2017

MAR

04

46.9

2017

SEP

03

25.8

2018

FEB

21

55.4

2018

xx

xx

xx

2018

FEB

25

60.5

2018

xx

xx

xx

2018

APR

07

52.3

2018

xx

xx

xx

1 other dates also2 Pool stage3 Earliest seasonal flood4 Second-earliest seasonal flood5 Effective January 1, 1963, upon the activation of Markland Dam, the normal pool stage at Cincinnati was raised to 25.4 feet.6 Latest in the Spring of any known flood crest. The stage for June 1st was 53.6. The earliest known seasonal flood crest occurred December 2, 1985, After flood stage was reached the evening of December 1st.7 Oct 2006 - highest October crest on record8 Seven of 14 Barges which broke loose above Markland Dam lodged against the dam and prevented closing of some gates. Lowest of the year outside of this period was 25.7